The Census is happening again in 2020, and there is a countdown clock on the new 2020Census website.  The Census is very important because the data collected then goes into shaping policy for a wide variety of purposes: from federal funding distribution, to state and local redistricting; from community-based programs, Read the rest of this entry »

Check out our new Fall 2019 Course Reserve reading lists! The lists offer students and instructors a great way to share important class materials. More than 40 courses are currently using the service. Records for all physical materials placed on reserve at the Pickering Library are added to these reading lists. But... Read the rest of this entry »

Featured source: Scholastic New Teacher Survival Guide Scholastic has put together an easy website to use for pre-K to 12th grade teachers, filled with fun activities meant to build classroom culture in the first few weeks of school.  Examples of articles, booklists, and other items available through the September list on... Read the rest of this entry »

Academic Video Online is now available through BU Libraries.  This collection contains over 67,000 videos on topics including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.  Distributors include Sony Pictures Classics, PBS, and Documentary Education Resources (DER) All films include permission for classroom showings, as well as public... Read the rest of this entry »

Google has released the 2019 edition of Google Scholar Metrics.  This ranking of important scholarly journals is available across many disciplines and relevant subcategories.  You can find nearly all of the ranked journals in BU Libraries Search. For more details on the 2019 release, including their important inclusion guidelines, see... Read the rest of this entry »

The World Bank provides a number of data tools and visualizations across varied topics, including gender equality.  The Gender Data Portal offers areas to explore such as "Indicators", "Dashboards", and "Enterprise Surveys", and is updated four times a year.  On the main page in the upper menu, be sure to view... Read the rest of this entry »

The Chronicle of Higher Education is available to the BU community in two ways: If you are on-campus, you can access it directly through www.chronicle.com. If you are off-campus, you'll need to use your BU login and this link: https://www-chronicle-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/. BU Libraries has up-to-date and full access to the Chronicle. You'll be able to... Read the rest of this entry »

New Journal Impact Factors can be found in a library database called Journal Citation Reports. The 2019 edition of Journal Citation Reports is now available. This edition covers citations from scholarly journal articles published in 2018, and includes: More than 11,000 of the world’s most highly cited, peer reviewed journals 236 research categories ... Read the rest of this entry »

The third edition of this essential title for teaching writing in the K-12 grade levels is now available as an eBook through the BU Libraries system. The 16 chapters of this 416-page work are now divided into these four basic sections: Introduction Creating a Supportive Writing Environment Writing for Different Purposes Teaching... Read the rest of this entry »

June is Pride Month! It's a time when Boston and many other cities around the country hold pride parades to celebrate LGBTQIA+ experiences. June 28th this year is also the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, which led to the first pride marches around the country... Read the rest of this entry »